This was our last major bike day. We had considered going one more day further, to Zutphen, but the forecast for the following day was rain, and we had been to Deventer and liked it there. So we decided to spend two nights in Deventer, and do a day-trip if the weather was decent.
We took the same ferry back across the river and headed south.
Note the flag - the wind was still there; if anything, it was stronger. It was a west wind, but sometimes our path turned west and we headed straight into it. A couple times we just got off the bikes and walked. When it was a cross-wind, it was strong and gusty enough to make it hard to keep a straight course. But the rain held off. We saw some rain clouds go across our path, but well to our south. When we stopped for hot chocolate in the town of Wijhe, we wondered whether we should stop at the next town, Olst, and take the train the rest of the way.
Along the way we saw a number of artificial nesting platforms for storks, most of them occupied.
When we got to Olst, we took another break, bought some postcards, and debated what to do. We finally decided to go on by bike. It turned out well - the route went inland, along paths and roads that were mostly sheltered from the worst of the wind. We came back to the river at the very end, and just before the main part of Deventer we came to our bed and breakfast, a place we had been to before back in 2010 and really liked. After 40 kilometers of riding, it was a welcome sight indeed.
We took the same ferry back across the river and headed south.
Note the flag - the wind was still there; if anything, it was stronger. It was a west wind, but sometimes our path turned west and we headed straight into it. A couple times we just got off the bikes and walked. When it was a cross-wind, it was strong and gusty enough to make it hard to keep a straight course. But the rain held off. We saw some rain clouds go across our path, but well to our south. When we stopped for hot chocolate in the town of Wijhe, we wondered whether we should stop at the next town, Olst, and take the train the rest of the way.
Along the way we saw a number of artificial nesting platforms for storks, most of them occupied.
When we got to Olst, we took another break, bought some postcards, and debated what to do. We finally decided to go on by bike. It turned out well - the route went inland, along paths and roads that were mostly sheltered from the worst of the wind. We came back to the river at the very end, and just before the main part of Deventer we came to our bed and breakfast, a place we had been to before back in 2010 and really liked. After 40 kilometers of riding, it was a welcome sight indeed.
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